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Photo Placemats Make personalized placemats for each of your guests. From "Weekend Entertaining" episode WKE-410

Host Jeanne Benedict explains how to transfer a photo onto hand-made placemats.

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Materials:

12"x15" piece of cotton batting
18"x22" piece of fabric
fusible web sheets (sticky)
iron
ironing mat (or towels)
8-1/2"x11" fusible printer fabric sheet
inkjet printer
photo (on computer)
scissors
1/2" wide gold gimp braid
fabric glue
ruler
tape

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

1. Print a photo onto a sheet of fusible printer fabric. The printed photo should be at least 8"x10". Set aside and allow the ink to dry.

2. Cut fusible web sheets just smaller than the cotton batting, and then stick to one side of the batting.

3. Place the batting, fusible web side down, onto the wrong side of the cotton fabric, centering as best as you can (figure A). Press with a dry iron over the batting, slightly securing the batting to the fabric.

4. Turn the batting over fabric side up, and then iron over the batting to completely secure the batting to the fabric (figure B).

5. Turn the fabric over so the batting is on top. Fold down the top edge of the fabric over the batting and press. Repeat with the bottom edge and both side edges. Unfold the side edges.

6. Trim all but 1/8 inch of white border from the printed photo (figure C).

7. Place the printed photo onto the placemat, center as closely as possible. Use a ruler to ensure that the photo is centered. Use tape at the top and bottom of the photo to hold in place temporarily.

8. Fold the corners of one side edge of the fabric in so that when the side edge is folded over the placemat, the fold will create a mitered corner from the corner of the placemat to the corner of the photo.

9. Unfold the side edge, and then press the folded corners to create a crease. Note: Don't press the corner while it's folded or you'll adhere to the photo.

10. Cut a piece of fusible web to fit to the underside of the side edge of fabric (with the folded corners), and then stick in place on the underside of the fabric. Note: Don't iron.

11. Repeat the folding process for the second side edge, and then apply fusible web once the corners are folded.

Figure D

12. Remove the photo from the placemat, and then fold in the two side edges, pressing in place with the iron (figure D).

13. Remove the tape from the photo, and then place the photo back onto the placemat, lining up the corners of the photo with the mitered corners of the fabric.

14. Iron the photo onto the placemat.

15. Measure each side of the photo. Cut the gimp one inch longer than each side of the photo (four pieces of gimp, one for each side).

16. Use fabric glue to attach the gimp around the border of the photo, folding under 1/2 inch on each end of the gimp to prevent fraying.

RESOURCES :

Create for Less
Website: www.createforless.com

Fabric.com
Website: www.fabric.com

All Occasions Party Rentals
Website: www.alloccasionspartyrentals.com

Zwilling Cutlery
J.A. Henckels, Inc.
Website: www.jahenckels.com

Cost Plus World Market
Website: www.worldmarket.com

Petanque America
10821 NW 29 St.
Miami, FL 33172
Phone: 800-682-2557

Dried Flowers "R" Us
1761 Goodrich Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789
Phone: 888-527-5778

Santa Barbara Bay/Future Food
1420 Valwood Parkway #164
Carrollton, TX 75006
Phone: 972-404-1221

B and T Distributing
6520 Baum Drive
Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone: 865-602-2233

Kroger Company
2175 Parklake Drive
Atlanta, GA 30345
Phone: 770-496-7466

GUESTS :

Harry Schwartz
Culinary Expert
PO Box 1320
Yarmouth, ME 04096
Phone: 207-846-8881
E-mail: chefharry@chefharry.com
Website: www.chefharry.com

Marc Friedland
Image Expert
Creative Intelligence
4988 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: 323-936-9009
E-mail: mf@creative-intelligence.com

Krista Lawlor
Craft Expert
Creative Ta Da
E-mail: creativetada@bellsouth.net
Website: www.creativetada.etsy.com

Norbert Wabnig
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills
419 N. Beverly Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90201
Toll-free: 800-547-1515
Phone: 310-278-2855
E-mail: info@cheesestorebh.com
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